The five-year-old tweet has been criticised by netizens for being 'misogynistic' and humiliating towards Arab women.

The AIMPLB reply was filed in response to a PIL of Yasmeen Zuber Ahmad Peerzade who has sought judicial intervention in ensuring entry of Muslim women in mosques.

The woman, who was married three years ago, said that her husband took away their children and pushed her out of the house.

Odisha Assembly Speaker S N Patro then deleted the controversial remark from the House records and barred media from reporting about it.

The Triple Talaq bill will be introduced in the Budget session which begins on Monday to replace an ordinance issued in February by the previous BJP-led NDA government.

The new Triple Talaq bill could be introduced in the first session of the 17th Lok Sabha beginning June 17.

Hegde had referred to Rao on Twitter "as a guy who ran behind a Muslim lady" after the state Congress president questioned the minister about his achievements.

The House also saw another brief adjournment of 15 minutes in the afternoon soon after the triple talaq bill was tabled.

The Lok Sabha had last week on Thursday decided to take up the bill on December 27 after the Congress agreed to participate in the debate.

The bill is aimed to protect the rights of married Muslim women and prohibit divorce by pronouncing talaq by their husbands.

The petition, filed through advocate Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, has claimed that there is a notice put up outside the dargah -- a shrine built over the grave of a religious figure -- clearly stating in English and Hindi that women are not allowed inside.

It comes as a part of Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 reform programme. Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman has initiated the lifting of a number of restrictions since last year, particularly the ones on women.

The petition has sought an interim stay on those sections of the ordinance which criminalises the act of pronouncing talaq by a Muslim husband.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said that they would frame the question for the consideration of the Constitution Bench.

With the Union Cabinet’s ordinance, instant triple talaq is now a punishable offence with a three-year jail term. How long can 7 crore citizens of this country be ignored and discriminated against? The tide is turning.

A Hijab-wearing white nurse in the US was stabbed in a roadside attack by a man reportedly motivated by anti-Muslim hate, police said.

The ban on watching cinema in public places was lifted after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud introduced some liberal changes in the economic and social order of the orthodox Muslim community here.

Dancing on DJ songs during nikah is unislamic and qazis will not conduct such weddings, said an Islamic Cleric from Uttar Pradesh, Deoband on Monday.